The Ark, “Get Out and Push”, Review!

The latest episode of The Ark features the tense crew, a threat to the ship, and the cleverness of all of our heroes! The colony ship has an accident that damaged the ship, a murder, and a loss of water! The Ark-1, is drifting in space, Garnet announces shipwide that the ship’s engines are stopped to save water for life support. They have four days and Lt. Garnet notes that water rations are cut in half! Cat pockets a vial of water. Lane says that the rationing will become a problem. Garnet says the crew is not soldiers. Suddenly, there is an alarm from the long range sensors, Brice notes there is an asteroid collison course. He says it will hit them in six hours. Strickland walks in to talk to Lane about the investigation. He wants to know his whereabouts at the time of the murder. Garnet backs Lane that they need everyone to help with the crisis. Dr. Kabir is about to sleep checkins on Brice. She is wakened by a crash. The medical supplies are gone. 

THE ARK -- “Get Out and Push” -- REECE RITCHIE, STACEY READ, RICHARD FLEESHMAN, TIANA UPCHEVA, CHRISTIE BURKE -- Photo: Aleksander Letic/Ark TV Holdings, Inc./SYFY

Eva is working on the engines with her crew. Nevins offers to help, but Eva doesn’t want her around. Eva flips switches, Nevins crosses her fingers, but the panel sparks. Dr. Kabir notes the theft to Strickland. Garnet asks for ideas from Lane and Brice, but they have nothing. Dr. Kabir talks to Lt. Brice about going to the med bay for a physical. She notes that his file is corrupted. Another mystery? He is a bit busy. Nevins is met by Trent as space is seen through a large widow. She points out the asteroid and she is losing hope. Trent says he could fall in love with her. She kisses him on the cheek and they work on a couch in the common room. Brice meets with Eva, Angus, and Lane is at navigation. Angus says, “Too bad we can’t get out and push.” Garnet asks him to repeat it and then poses to Brice if he could accomplish the task with Eva’s help. Brice is on a shuttle next to the Wheel and Angus realizes that he is using the shuttle to push the ship! The engines fail on the shuttle. There is missing parts and Angus realizes that he took a fuel hose for irrigation. Garnet has Angus and Eva get the parts. 

Lane notes that he can use explosive decompression to move the ship. Is this a hint at the accident that eliminated the command crew? Angus notes that fertilizer could be used as explosives. Lane says they will blow another hole in the ship! A number of hoses are brought from the bio-shelter to the shuttle. Parts are taken from the engine room and Brice attaches the piece. The shuttle engines still don’t work. They are able to restore power, but only temporarily. Eva is working on the explosion with Garnet and Lane, then they run into a party where they see the stolen drugs. Garnet threatens to send them out of the airlock and breaks up the party. Eva plots out the explosion point. Lane and Eva are repulsed by the human fertilizer. Angus attaches the contacts. They move to the corridor and Garnet has Lane activate the explosive. A burst from the ship, Lane wonders if there was too much explosive, and Eva reports the ship hull is still intact. Angus is working on calculations and Eva confirms that they are out of the path of the asteroid. Brice enters saying the shuttle is fixed. 

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Garnet announces they are clear of danger. Nevins goes with to watch the asteroid in the common room. Nevins notes that the asteroid has a tail of gas. Nevins goes to Brice and he realizes that it is a comet. He says to Garnet that it is made of ice. Eva has a tether to drill the ice from the comet. Brice brings up his now working shuttle. Eva walks up to him, she goes over his work, he slyly notes that she may be worried about him. Her boyfriend had just died, don’t go there Brice. Nevins returns to the common room and they are interrupted by Angus. Nevins says the shuttle will boost the ship so they can drill for the ice from the comet. Nevins explains the physics. He brings up that Brice is a legend as a GSA pilot. Angus wonders why Brice is a navigator. Brice activates the shuttle engines sending the Ark-1 to tether to the comet. Brice launches a cable to the comet. He lands the shuttle on the comet’s icy surface. The ship shudders as the tether pulls it. Brice activates the drill. Eva notes that the water reserve tanks are filling. The tether is endangering Brice and the shuttle! Another dangerous scheme to solve the water crisis! The Ark continues with scientific solutions to its desperate situation! 

Four Compression Suits out of Five! 

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